The Thread That Binds Us by Helena Potter

Fates Woven. Power Strung. Worlds Torn.

Yiva Ulfrik drinks to forget, gambles to feel alive, and lies to herself about the power burning beneath her skin. Magic capable of sundering the boundaries between worlds. A reckless cartographer with a sharp tongue, she believes staying numb is the only way to survive.

When Yiva is claimed by decree and conscripted into a deadly quest, she is dragged to the Citadel and forced into gruelling training and dangerous trials, under the tutelage of Aksel Veythar, an elven warrior of lethal precision.

This is no call to glory but a descent toward ruin. A mission that will send her through an unstable portal to recover a worlds-altering artifact. Plagued by unanswered questions, Yiva digs deeper, uncovering truths that threaten to dismantle a kingdom built on lies.

With the Veil stirring and desire burning where it shouldn’t, survival demands Yiva become what she fears most.

‘A sparkling romantasy debut, action-packed and tender all at once.’
Maithree Wijesekara, Sunday Times bestselling author of The Witch Without Memory